A Key Player in Cancer Diagnosis When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, one of the very first questions on every doctor’s mind is: has it stayed put, or has it begun to make its way through the ...

Our aim was to develop a tool to accurately predict the possibility of non-sentinel lymph node metastasis (NSLNM) during surgery so that a surgeon might decide the extent of further axillary lymph ...

Skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with clinically node-negative, hormonal receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer did not compromise regional control or ...

Prognostic value of mitosis-specific antibodies and computer image analysis in calculating mitotic rate in melanoma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

For patients with early-stage cervical cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy alone is noninferior to lymphadenectomy with respect to disease-free survival, according to a study published online Oct. 15 ...

The practice of selectively removing a few lymph nodes, instead of removing all axillary, or armpit, lymph nodes, is still relatively new. The number of women who undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Patients with early breast cancer who skipped axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) lived just as long as those who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), the randomized INSEMA ...

Omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with early-stage breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving surgery may not increase the risk for recurrence over 5 years, according to findings ...

10-year outcomes of breast cancer patients with histologically confirmed axillary lymph node metastases and pathologic complete response after primary systemic chemotherapy. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Similar proportions of older women with node-negative and node-positive early breast cancer had Oncotype Dx ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sentinel lymph node biopsy was effective as a prognostic and staging tool in stage IIB/C melanoma, according to ...

Future breast cancer treatment options may not only increase patients’ survival but also reduce or eliminate their need for surgery altogether, says breast cancer surgeon Sara Javid, MD, Fred ...